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| The Vintage Bee Company is a faith based company that believes God has called us to sow into the lives of others. The Lee Family are dear friends of ours that live in North Carolina. We recently delivered a hive to them...as unto the Lord. |
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| Lindsey is a precious girl who loves the idea about becoming a beekeeper! |
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| deWayne pours oil into a beetle trap that will be placed into the hive. |
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| deWayne donating a frame of brood to assist in getting a new Beek up and rollin'. |
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| The new package of bees has arrived, and deWayne is spraying them lightly with a mist of water. |
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| Erin has removed the feed and prepares to enlarge the holes, ever so slightly. |
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| Erin removes the Queen! |
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| And in goes the bees! |
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| A quick check to make certain everyone is finding their way inside the hive. |
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| Feeder can is placed inside the hive box temporarily. |
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| With cover on top and the entrance to the hive modified, Erin is well on her way to being a BEEKEEPER! |
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| The Vintage Bee delights in the opportunity to speak at your next church gathering! |
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| The table is set! |
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| What an adorable arrangement! |
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| The church ladies are signing in...let the fun begin! |
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| Camera's are busy taking pictues of the observation hive... |
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| A ball of beeswax! |
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| Let's face it, we all get out of line sometimes! |
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| deWayne gently removes the ball of honeycomb to discourage any further construction. |
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| Queen cells resemble peanuts, and are pictured at the very bottom of this photo. |
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| Worker Bees are busy adding royal jelly to the Queen's diet. |
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| Finished product, a beautiful queen cell that should emerge in 16 days. Notice: the "puffy", slightly elevated cells are Drone cells (boy bees) |
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| The love of my life, looking for honeybees... |
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| That's not Santa! |
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| Atlas! The board is removed and we discover a beautiful display of God's handiwork...honeycomb. |
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| deWayne begins to remove the honeybees using our bee vac, which resembles a shop vac of sorts. |
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| deWayne removing bees from honeycomb. The honey was delicious! |
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| Over 3 hours of removal...almost finished! |
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| A basket full of bees, and we got the queen! |
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| By using the colony's very own honeycomb, we "rubber-band" them inside a frame. |
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| And place them inside their new home, a hive-body box. |
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| Case closed, and sealing the deal for this retired Judge, who had a bad case of honeybees! |
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| deWayne making certain the holes are open inside the jar lid. |
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| deWayne filling jars with sugar water. |
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| deWayne in the Apairy. |
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| deWayne feeding bees in apairy. |
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| Honeybee's awaiting their supplemental feeding. |
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| And there it is! |
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| Honeybees are a full-time job! |
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| FFA Classroom |
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| Future Beeks! |
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| Yummy Honey! |
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| Hands-on learning! |
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| "Hey, save some for me!" |
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| FFA Student |
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| deWayne cutting 4x4 squares of honeycomb. |
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| deWayne sets a queen excluder on top of a silver tray to aide in the clean-up. |
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| First cut is a beauty! |
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| Too neat! |
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| Pretty accent to any party tray! |
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| The Vintage Bee Company markets their squares for a low price of $10.00 each. |
